About the album

Drummer Dino Campanella says, "Our first two recordings were written to be rhythmically aggressive. We did the third one, Orph, because we wanted to grow up the right way, from our roots with harmony and melody." Singer Gavin Hayes explains the heavier sound of Orph compared to later releases: “Heavy music back then to me was a little more rebellious. It wasn’t so mainstream at the time. You used to have to wait for MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

’s Headbanger's Ball to see anything of the sort. It’s just different now, and that’s kind of why we steered away from it. This was just a natural progression.”

Track listing

Personnel

• Dredg - Producer
• Brian Lillie - Producer
• Gavin Hayes - Vocals
• Mark Engles - Guitar
• Drew Roulette - Bass
• Dino Campanella - Percussion, Drums
• Travis Crenshaw - Engineer, Mixing
• Jim Andrews - Assistant Engineer
• Michael Romanowski - Mastering
• Beau Roulette - Photography
• Dredg - Art Production